LawJun 9, 2026DOJ Opinion Says Disparate Impact Guidance UnconstitutionalThe Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion concluding that disparate-impact liability under federal civil-rights law is unconstitutional, ...Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)Disparate impact doctrineDepartment of Justice (DOJ) — Office of Legal Counsel
GovernmentJul 27, 2026EEOC proposal seeks to end employer demographic reportingThe EEOC's Republican majority voted 2–1 to begin dismantling a decades-old employer demographic reporting system. The agency published a proposed rule in the Federa...Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)Workplace demographic reporting
Civil RightsJul 22, 2026Administration moves to end EEOC demographic reportsThe administration announced a move to end a roughly 60-year-old federal requirement that tens of thousands of private-sector employers annually submit workforce dem...TrumpEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)Workforce demographic reporting
Civil RightsJun 1, 2026EEOC under Chair Andrea Lucas proposes ending annual EEO-1 workforce data collection and rescinding 1979 race/gender remedial guidanceThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, led by Chair Andrea Lucas, has proposed ending its longstanding annual collection of employer workforce demographic data...Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)Andrea LucasEEO-1 data+1